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Opinion: To stop an epidemic, focus on the vector. For school shootings, that’s guns and bullets

Lessons learned from other epidemics can help us stop the epidemic of gun violence.
Marla Eveillard, 14, cries as she hugs friends before the start of a vigil at the Parkland Baptist Church for the victims of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting.

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High in Parkland, Florida. Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Virginia Polytechnic Institute in Blacksburg, Virginia. Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado. School shootings like these and far too many others leave behind immense grief and long-standing impairment.

According to a , more than 150,000 students attending at least 170 primary or secondary schools have experienced

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